In an article called The Dark Court written by The Dark Judge/Focus on c64.sk on october 16th, the production is reviewed: "Clown (67/100). Appearantly Civitas is the latest group influenced by the contra-movement, joining the likes of Triad, Wrath & Focus by putting the concept first. This I like very much. What I don't like however is what they came up with: a watered-down version of last year's Manhood mixed with standard demo-effects. The theme slightly shifted but it's still about cultural archetypes. That wouldn't be so bad if they had at least chosen a different format of execution but alas, they didn't, and as such nothing new is to be seen here. Also, while Manhood was constant in delivering the message, Clown knows several moments which fail to fit in, like the two-sided endscroll, where the text changes from being an integral part into the normal scene-kind. Maybe when they come up with a more original way of presenting their story, hire a good graphician and let their ‚real‘ composer do all the tunes, they'll be able to pull it off. But for now it seems they're simply too lightweight to do so."